Printer&#39;s galley-lock.



E. WEITZEL.

PRiNTER'S GALLEY LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 1. 1914.

Patented May 25, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS c0. PHOID-LITHOH WASHINGTON. D, C

U TE STATE15ATENT,, OFFICE.

EMIL wErrzEL, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA;

PRINTERS GALLIEY-LOCK.

To all whom it may concern 5 Be it known that I, EMJL WEI'TznL, acitizen of the United States, and a resldent of Philadelphia,intheicount'y of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, havev 1n-'vented a certain new and useful Printers Galley-Lock, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the method and means for lockinga column of type in a printers galley. Ordinarily after type has beenset up in the galley, in a column of a given length and of a givenwidth, a plate is placed on top of the column and a chaser is insertedby means of which the column is forced against one wall of the galley,and the column is locked by a number of quoins which are wedged inbetween the chaser and the adjacent wall of the galley. To makecorrections it becomes necessary to remove the quoins. Furthermore, itis necessary to have a large supply of quoins to fill in the spacebetween the column and the wall of the galley, which space varies withthe width of the column.

The chief object of this invention is to provide a lock adapted toreplace the chaser and quoins, capable of adjusting itself to columns ofdifferent width, which releases the column when the lock is subjected toa pressure exerted by the fingers of the compositor, and when saidpressure is released it immediately locks the column in the galley.

With these and related objects in view,

this invention comprises the method and means hereinafter described, apreferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, andembraced within the scope of the appended claims.

In the said drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of my lock in connectionwith a galley having a column of type locked thereby; Fig. 2 is afragmentary plan view of the lock shown to be compressed; Fig. 3 is asection on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line Hof Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the draw ing for a detail description ofmy invention, 1 and 2 represent the side bars of the lock, 3 representsa tension spring between the bars, 4, 4 represent floats each beingconnected to an end of the spring in opposition to the other. Each floatis pivotally connected by two pairs of levers 5 and 6 with Specificationof Letters Patent.

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the bars 1 and 2. Each float is provided;

with the levers 6 at the bars 1 and 2. Each bar is provided at its endswith finger grips 9. The bar 1 carries a runner 10 on which is pivoted ahandle provided with a cam 11 and adapted to lock the runner along thebar. 12 represents a printers galley, 13 a column of type, and 14 ablank between the column and the runner.

The modus operandi is as follows :-Assume that the type is set up in theform of the column shown in Fig. 1. To look the column, take hold of thefinger grips 9 and compress thelock as shown in Fig. 2. Insert the lockin the galley and release the fingers. The spring 3 contracts and causesthe floats to move in opposite directions, which movement is transmittedby the system of levers to the bars 1 and 2, whereby the bar 2 is forcedagainst the adjacent wall of the galley and the bar 1 against the adjacent side of the column, and the column be comes tightly wedged againstits adjacent side of the galley. The runner is then released by movingthe handle of the cam in a direction away from the runner, and therunner is then free to be moved against the blank on top of the columnwhen the cam is turned in the position shown in Fig. l

to lock the runner on the bar. To make any.

corrections or other necessary changes in the column, the runner isreleased and the bar 1 is forced away from the type, which operation maybe performed with one hand, leaving the other hand free to make theneces- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. A galley lock comprising a pair of bars, a spring, a float at eachend of the spring, and a system of levers connecting the floats with thebars.

2. A galley lock comprising a pair of bars, a spring between the bars, afloat connected at each end of the spring, and means pivotallyconnecting the floats with the bars.

3. A galley lock comprising a pair of bars, a spring between the bars, afloat at each end of the spring, a pair of levers pivotally connected ateach float, and levers pivotally connecting each float with the bars.

4. A galley lock comprising a pair of bars, aspring a pair of floats, apairrofule:

vers pivotally connecting the bars with each 7 float, and a pair of"levers pivotaiiy 'connected With the bars and connected together by afloating pivot.

5. A galleylock comprising a pair of bars;

means 'yieldingly holdingthe bars apart, a runner carried by one -02Eibars, means for clamping the runner along the 3 bar.

6. A g-alley 106k comprising a 'p'air =of bars, yie1dah1e means adaptedto force the bars apart, said bars provided With means whereby they canbe "moved in opposition to the forcing means. In testimony whereof Ihave signed this specification in the presence of two subscribingWitnesses.

. EMIL WEITZEL. Witnesses:

PALMER Wsmson, HERMAN D. Lnvmson.

